Artikel tagged “Phuket”

  • Patong’s trash hero rewarded for collecting garbage in filthy canal

    Patong’s trash hero rewarded for collecting garbage in filthy canal

    PHOTOS: Patong Police / Theeraphong Penmit / Newshawk Phuket A Phuket boy has been rewarded after setting an excellent example for the rest of the Patong community. 8 year old Kosin Ta-ngam, who is studying at Sai Nam Yen School in Patong in Pratom Suksa Three, has been collecting garbage in the filthy Pak Bang Canal and along Patong Beach since the beginning of this year. He lives with his grandmother and other relatives.

  • Hundreds of dead jelly fish wash up on a Krabi Beach

    Hundreds of dead jelly fish wash up on a Krabi Beach

    Many dead jelly fish have been washed up on a beach in Krabi. Hundreds of the jelly fish washed up on a kilometre-long stretch of Laempong Beach in Krabi today. Most of them were dead jelly fish, about 15-20 centimetres in diameter.

  • UPDATE: ‘Flight of the Gibbon’ ride in Chiang Mai temporarily closed

    UPDATE: ‘Flight of the Gibbon’ ride in Chiang Mai temporarily closed

    PHOTOS: Guruchiangmai The ‘Flight of the Gibbon’ zipline ride in Chiang Mai has been ordered to temporarily shut down while an investigation continues into the death of a Canadian tourist on Saturday. The Canadian tourist’s weight has been officially reported now as 122 kilograms after a lot of discussion in Thai media whether the man was over the 125 kilogram weight limit for the ride. The 25 year old Canadian tourist, Donaldson Spencer Charles, fell to his death after safety lines allegedly broke on his zipline ride in Chiang Mai

  • PM backs Khao Kwan Foundation in cannabis research

    PM backs Khao Kwan Foundation in cannabis research

    PHOTO: Thai PBS Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is instructing the Public Health Ministry and leading tertiary educators to support the Khao Kwan Foundation in the research and development of cannabis oil for medical purposes.

  • Taxi bike driver asks for death penalty after murder of pregnant stepdaughter

    Taxi bike driver asks for death penalty after murder of pregnant stepdaughter

    b y Supachai Phetchthewee  A 57 year old motorcycle taxi driver has admitted to beating his seven-month pregnant stepdaughter to death out of jealousy. He told police he killed her at her home in Bangkok on April 11 and is asking the court to give him the death penalty for his crime. Phumjai Leungthong, who then allegedly tried to commit suicide on April 13 in a wooded area in Bang Kapi district by taking poison, was rescued in time. He reportedly told police he killed the 29 year old Nanchaya Chanthamokha, whom his wife loved the most, out of anger and jealousy when his wife abandoned him and went to Amnat Charoen province

  • Day Three:  Songkran ‘seven days of danger’ in Phuket

    Day Three:  Songkran ‘seven days of danger’ in Phuket

    PHOTOS:  Newshawk Phuket As reports are tallied for the third full day (April 13 – official Songkran Day) of the ‘Seven Days of Danger’  road and marine safety campaign, there were a total of 12 road accidents which included 16 injuries. No deaths were reported. There have been no marine incidents to report over the three days so far

  • Phuket ‘Seasteaders’ told to pack up and go home

    Phuket ‘Seasteaders’ told to pack up and go home

    PHOTO: An artist’s impression from the seasteading website The ‘seasteading’ couple, that have set up a ‘floating’ home some 15 nautical miles off Phuket’s coast, are now the subject of an official complaint by the Thai Third Naval Area Command (that oversee Phuket’s security).

  • 60 million baht in damages as investigations continue into Patong fire – VIDEO

    60 million baht in damages as investigations continue into Patong fire – VIDEO

    Songkran in Patong awakes to reveal extensive damage and destruction from last night’s beach road blaze. A fire started from a faulty electrical transformer in a loud and spectacular short-circuit, quickly escalating to engulf nearby roadside shops, causing damages estimated at 60 million baht. Firefighters and emergency responders arrived at the scene of the growing fire at 7:40pm around Banana Walk on Thaweewong Road in Patong (the beach road).

  • The case of the 255,000 baht Krabi curry

    The case of the 255,000 baht Krabi curry

    A British tourist has been repaid 255,000 baht following an accidental overpayment at an Indian restaurant in Krabi this week. 48 year old British man Simon and his ten friends went to a restaurant near Noppara Thara Beach in Krabi on Tuesday night for dinner. After they have finished the meal Mr Simon put the 2,857 baht bill on his credit card

  • No deaths in the first day of Songkran ‘seven days of danger’ in Phuket

    No deaths in the first day of Songkran ‘seven days of danger’ in Phuket

    PHOTO: Newshawk Phuket As reports are tallied for the first full day (April 11) of the ‘Seven Days of Danger’ Songkran road and marine safety campaign, no deaths were reported but five people were injured on the island. According to statistics issued by the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Phuket the island saw 4 road accidents on Day One of the campaign, resulting in 5 injuries but no deaths.